diff --git a/hw/char/serial.c b/hw/char/serial.c
index 26f7fa8a21..7b5ef872bd 100644
--- a/hw/char/serial.c
+++ b/hw/char/serial.c
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ static void serial_ioport_write(void *opaque, hwaddr addr, uint64_t val,
     SerialState *s = opaque;
 
     assert(size == 1 && addr < 8);
-    trace_serial_ioport_write(addr, val);
+    trace_serial_write(addr, val);
     switch(addr) {
     default:
     case 0:
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ static uint64_t serial_ioport_read(void *opaque, hwaddr addr, unsigned size)
         ret = s->scr;
         break;
     }
-    trace_serial_ioport_read(addr, ret);
+    trace_serial_read(addr, ret);
     return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/hw/char/trace-events b/hw/char/trace-events
index 17304bef26..609df10fed 100644
--- a/hw/char/trace-events
+++ b/hw/char/trace-events
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ parallel_ioport_read(const char *desc, uint16_t addr, uint8_t value) "read [%s]
 parallel_ioport_write(const char *desc, uint16_t addr, uint8_t value) "write [%s] addr 0x%02x val 0x%02x"
 
 # serial.c
-serial_ioport_read(uint16_t addr, uint8_t value) "read addr 0x%02x val 0x%02x"
-serial_ioport_write(uint16_t addr, uint8_t value) "write addr 0x%02x val 0x%02x"
+serial_read(uint16_t addr, uint8_t value) "read addr 0x%02x val 0x%02x"
+serial_write(uint16_t addr, uint8_t value) "write addr 0x%02x val 0x%02x"
 serial_update_parameters(uint64_t baudrate, char parity, int data_bits, int stop_bits) "baudrate=%"PRIu64" parity='%c' data=%d stop=%d"
 
 # virtio-serial-bus.c